Methionine
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Other Names: DL-Methionine, DL-Méthionine, L-2-amino-4-(methylthio)butyric acid, L-Methionine, L-Méthionine, Méthionine, Metionina.
Special Precautions of Methionine
Benefits and uses of Methionine are
- Preventing liver damage in cases of acetaminophen (Tylenol) poisoning when given by mouth or intravenously (by IV) by emergency room staff. Treatment should begin as quickly as possible, but must start within 10 hours of acetaminophen overdose.
- Colon cancer. There is some evidence that eating a diet that is rich in methionine and folate (a type of B vitamin) might help to prevent coloncancer, especially in people with a family history of colon cancer and in people who drink large amounts of alcohol.
- Maintaining normal liver function.
- Treating depression.
- Alcoholism.
- Allergies.
- Asthma.
- Radiation side effects.
- Schizophrenia.
- Drug withdrawal.
- Parkinson's disease.
